The club will also send a junior and senior team to Penn State for a horse judging competition in March.

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MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — The Marshall County 4-H and FFA Goat and Rabbit Club met Feb. 19 at The Barn on Fourth Street to discuss plans for the club’s annual overnighter, April 24-25.

Members also discussed the market goat weigh-in May 2 at 10 a.m. at the fairgrounds. All market goats must be disbudded, castrated, and scrapie tagged in order to weigh in.

The breed date for market rabbits is around April 6.

The club also voted to purchase club T-shirts again this year.

Scholarship forms are also available for anyone qualifying for a scholarship this year. They may be downloaded from the club’s Web page or picked up at the extension office on Fourth Street in Moundsville. Forms are due by July 1.

The next meeting will be held during the overnighter at 6:30 p.m. April 24.

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NORTH JACKSON, Ohio — The Jackson-Milton Livestock 4-H club held a meeting Feb. 11 where members conducted an election of officers for the 2009 year.

Deanna Ritchie was elected president, the vice president is Nathan Suchy, secretary is Mary Ann Kirk, Colton Horvath was named treasurer and the reporter is Greta Frost.

The quality assurance program March 7 at Canfield High School was discussed. The group made plans for a tour of Horst Packing.

The next meeting will be March 19 at the Jackson Township Administration Building.

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ELLSWORTH, Ohio — Western Reserve Rangers 4-H club past president Amelia Shrader was selected to receive one of the four state 4-H Leadership Awards at the Ohio 4-H Volunteer Conference in Columbus March 14.

The club will also be recognized with a state 4-H Recruitment Award at the conference.

Ranger member Delorean Jones was recognized for making the second team for the Federal League bowling teams following the season ending bowling tournament at Park Center Lanes in Canton in February. She is a member of the Austintown Fitch bowling team.

The week of March 1-7 is Ohio 4-H Week. Club members will wear 4-H shirts and caps to celebrate the event.